Shayera joins him quietly, barefoot and probably more anxious than she'd care to admit. The problem with having superhero friends is that they always tend to be in some sort of mortal peril, and it's not always possible to help them out. She knows that. She knows she needs to choose her battles. She knows that getting involved in a war of this nature would only make things worse - that Diana herself has requested that the JLA stay out of it. She knows that running off to war would be the worst thing for the reconnecting that she and Katar have been doing, and are still doing. As much as she might wish it was that simple, it's not like they can just pick up where they left off after five years and so much heartache. She knows that she can't do everything
( ... )
He lets a plume of smoke out of the side of his mouth.
"I know," he concurs, knowing what's on her mind. There's some reconnection accomplished already. Although it helps that he'd just gotten frustrated and declared he could watch no more television coverage.
"Yeah," she says. Diana's been through worse... er, well, she's been through stuff that's as bad as this.
Katar missed Diana losing and regaining her sight. Another story she'll have to tell him - or, better yet, let Diana tell him when (not if) they see her again. She has a hard time just figuring out where to start telling him about all the things that have happened since he's been gone. She wants to, but there's so much.
"It doesn't seem - it's not right. Luthor's a bastard."
Then she shakes her head. "I'm sorry. This is just... really bad timing."
"It's a situation we can't help or affect in any positive way. Much like the millions of dire situations we never even hear about, in the day to day lives of all of these humans."
He taps off a bit of ash into a plastic cup.
"So, we should live as we would. On call if we can be of use, but otherwise... to the business of us."
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"I know," he concurs, knowing what's on her mind. There's some reconnection accomplished already. Although it helps that he'd just gotten frustrated and declared he could watch no more television coverage.
"She'll get through it."
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Katar missed Diana losing and regaining her sight. Another story she'll have to tell him - or, better yet, let Diana tell him when (not if) they see her again. She has a hard time just figuring out where to start telling him about all the things that have happened since he's been gone. She wants to, but there's so much.
"It doesn't seem - it's not right. Luthor's a bastard."
Then she shakes her head. "I'm sorry. This is just... really bad timing."
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"It's a situation we can't help or affect in any positive way. Much like the millions of dire situations we never even hear about, in the day to day lives of all of these humans."
He taps off a bit of ash into a plastic cup.
"So, we should live as we would. On call if we can be of use, but otherwise... to the business of us."
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His revenge is not complete yet. Oh, no.
Let the fools believe they were safe. Let them fight to build everything up again...
...and then watch as it all slips through their fingers once more.
He laughs as he sips his wine -- provided it is wine; it's certainly a dark enough color -- and he watches them carefully.
Oh, no. They haven't suffered enough. Not yet. Not even close.
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